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Demo Streaming, Cassette Available + Debut LP In The Works For 2025 Release

Creator-Destructor welcomes California death metal crew BARBAROUS to the label’s roster, issuing a cassette version of the band’s demo and locking the band in for the release of their debut LP next year.

Based in Oakland, BARBAROUS is influenced by the likes of Cannibal Corpse, Skeletal Remains, Necrot, and Gatecreeper, the band hit the ground running since coming onto the scene in April 2024, having played shows with performing live alongside the likes of Laceration and other across the Bay Area over the past few months.

BARBAROUS’ two-track demo, Coup De Grâce, dropped in September, and while succinct, the tracks displayed the band’s monstrous tones and honed attack. Its drums and bass were tracked at Rapture Recordings, the guitars were recorded at Dongflopper Studios, and the vocals were tracked at Silver Bullet Studios, after which the tracks were mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios (Vastum, Necrot, Ulthar) and fitted with cover artwork by Aesop Mongo.

Vocalist Travis LaBerge states: “We’re really proud and excited to join Creator-Destructor Records! From the get-go, Ben has been amazing towards us. Besides being labelmates with some absolutely killer bands, we’re just pumped to partner with a passionate label that wants to see us succeed with everything we do. BARBAROUS has a simple mission statement, to take our brand of ‘barbaric death metal’ to the masses and create some truly brutal music that everyone can get into the pit and move to.”

BARBAROUS’ video for “The Tomb Spawn” is playing HERE. The Coup De Grâce demo is streaming at Bandcamp HERE, and the cassette is now available on Creator-Destructor HERE.

Coup De Grâce – Track Listing:

1. Injection Of The Exhumed
2. The Tomb Spawn

BARBAROUS is in the process of constructing their debut LP for release in 2025 via Creator-Destructor.

In the meantime, BARBAROUS will continue playing live, with a show coming up this Friday, November 22nd in San Francisco with Skeletal Remains.

BARBAROUS Live:

11/22/2024 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA w/ Skeletal Remains, Necrotic Iinfibulation

BARBAROUS:
Travis LaBerge – vocals
Thomas Belfiore – guitar
Zachary Weed – guitar, vocals
Zach Jakes – bass
Travis Zupo – drums

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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